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INDIANAPOLIS - All Butler guard Alex Barlow saw Saturday was space and an opportunity to make a play. So the unlikeliest player on the floor took a chance and made the biggest shot of the game.

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Matt Scott watched helplessly as Nevada kicked a field goal to pad its lead.

PHILADELPHIA - The bridge to Jonathan Papelbon could be a little smoother for the Philadelphia Phillies next year.

CALGARY - The battle for jobs on defence and at forward on sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½'s junior hockey team may be over, but the internal goaltending competition is underway.

TORONTO - NHL players will begin voting Sunday on whether they'll grant their executive board the authority to dissolve the NHL Players' Association.

ANAHEIM, Calif.

MIAMI - When the Miami Heat players and coaches showed up for work Saturday morning, basketball was secondary. Newtown was the focus. Friday's massacre at an elementary school in Newtown, Conn.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - Mike Richter missed hockey when a lockout kept the star goalie and his New York Rangers teammates off the ice 18 years ago. Now as a parent and an observer of the game, Richter is feeling the loss all over again.

The Victoria Grizzlies are guaranteed to carry top spot in the sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ Hockey League’s Island Division into the Christmas holidays, but would love to extend the advantage even further as the break nears.

A Friday night reunion, of sorts, didn’t quite end up the way Dave Lowry wanted it, but he’ll take it just the same.